NigeriaWe launched a US$1.3 billion appeal to help 6 million people in the north-east states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. This is half a million more people than last year.The Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, said the large-scale humanitarian and protection crisis in the three states shows no sign of abating. Some 2.4 million people are in acute need – impacted by conflict, disaster and disease.Women and girls are the hardest hit. More than 80 per cent of people in need of humanitarian assistance across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are women and children.Child malnutrition is escalating and the already high levels of severe acute malnutrition are projected to more than double, from 300,000 children affected last year to a projected 697,000 this year.SyriaThe cross-border response to Syria continued today. Today, 22 trucks carrying the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) aid crossed through Bab Al-Hawa. Two additional trucks carrying tents provided by UNHCR crossed Bab Al-Salam. In total, 143 trucks went into northwest Syria since 9 February: 128 via al Bab al-Hawa and 15 via Bab al-Salam.In north-west Syria, shelter needs are the top priority among displaced people. Many homes have collapsed in the aftermath of the earthquakes. As of February 14th, more than 8,900 buildings have been completely or partially destroyed in north-west Syria, leaving at least 11,000 people homeless. Other priorities are cash assistance and supplies to cope with winter.UkraineThe acting Humanitarian Coordinator, Matthew Hollingworth in Ukraine condemned yesterday’s attack that damaged the warehouse of the national NGO Proliska in Chasiv Yar, in the Donetsk region. No one was injured in this attack. This was the third attack impacting facilities used to distribute humanitarian assistance in just two days.The facility served as a hub from where the organization and other partners – including the United Nations – would send relief supplies to people in places which are experiencing heavy fighting and hostilities such as Bakhmut, Avdiivka and other front-line communities.The building was also a centre where civilians would gather to receive assistance in Chasiv Yar. We had mentioned yesterday the other two strikes that damaged aid facilities in the Donetsk region and Kherson. Today we sadly found out that the attack on Kherson has also left one aid worker injured. He was part of another national NGO, Tarilka, which is our partner and is supporting people in the front-line communities across the Kherson region.The acting Humanitarian Coordinator underlined that all civilian infrastructure, including aid and health facilities, are vital for the people of Ukraine and constant care must be taken to spare them from harm. They are not a target.